Netherlands is a country of imitators, as is sometimes claimed. No better proof of this assertion than the success of Stars On 45, the project producer Jaap Eggermont, in 1980 with a constitutional disco medley of Beatles songs to conquer the world knows. Even the idea is stolen, a Canadian bootleg that comes by chance in Egger Monts hands. The release of the first single coincides with the murder
… of John Lennon, and is a worldwide hit. The formula is milked as long as possible with similar medleys of The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder and The Andrew Sisters. The latter project (The Star Sisters called to include Patricia Paay) again managed to reach the highest position in our country.more